For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David previews an interview with Stephen Colbert from Plotz’s forthcoming short-run podcast series. Slate Plus members get an ad-free version of this podcast with bonus segments. Visit slate.com/gabfestplus and try it free for two weeks.

On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss recent Secret Service blunders, speculation about another Mitt Romney candidacy, and the close Senate race in Kansas.

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